Mop-wringer.



No. 877,621. PATBNTED JAN. 28, 1908. D. WHITEHURST.

MOP WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.4, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID Wl-ll'lllll URS'I, NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ALBERTJ. vEAN, OF

. NEW YORK, N. Y.

MOP-WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28}, 1908.

Application filed-March 4. 1907- Elerial No. 360.357.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID Wm'rnnnas'r,

' a subject of the King of Great Britain (havto a scrub ing declared myintention of becoming a citizen of the United States), residing in theborough of Bronx, city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Mop-Wringers,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the class of mop wringers in which the water isremoved from the absorbent head of the mop by forcing said mop head,into, and turning it within, a drainer from which-the water thereby wrunfrom the mop head escapes sel, throug openings in said drainer,

the object being to effect the dis )lacement of the water from the mophead wlthout the dial axis of which is inclined with relation to l theperpendicular axis of the drainage receiving vessel to facilitate themanipulation of the mop, as hereinafter set forth. An incidental featureof my structure consists in incor crating my special form of mopreceptac ewith the drainage vessel, in such manner as to attain a rigidstructure, whereby stability is attained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a top view of a scrub pailformed. with my improved wringer; Fig. 2, is a central longitudinalsection thereof; Fig. 3, a trans-v verse section upon plane of line 3-3Fig. 2 Fig. 4, is a sectional view illustrating the wringing operationFig. 5, is a horizontal section of the wringer upon plane of 1 line 55Fig. 2.

The drain-receiving vessel or bucket P is of any ordinary or desiredconstruction,

rovided with the usual bail or handle 12.

he pail P is preferably elongated in shape,

ai or other drain receiving vesthe 'wringer 'W occupying approximatelyone half of its upper portion, and the other side of the drainreceptacle -P being open at top.

The wringer W consists of an angular receptacle, triangular .inhorizontal cross section, the three side walls of which are alsotriangular in shape and converge downward to a common apex,so as toconstitute an inverted pyramidal drain shell. It is formed on-oneor'more of its'sides with drain openin s d, th ough which the waterforced from .t e mop\ head m, may escape to the drain-receiving vesselP.

One side wall of the mop head receptacle W, preferably the back to,which is approximately vertical, may be made wlthout drain holes, butwith convergent internally projecting ribs 1", for the purpose ofincreasmg frictional lesistance exerted against the mop head when turnedWithin the wringer.

It will be noticed thatthe medial axis of the mop head receptacle W, isinclined-from the perpendicular as related to the drain-receivlng vesselP, as indicated approximately by the line 22 Fig. 2, so that the mophead m, may be driven toward the apex of, and turned. within, thetriangular rece tacle, while the handle m, of the mop is he d andmanipulated in aninclined )osition, as illustrated in Fi 4. The angu arform in cross section of t e receptacle W affords a relatively highdegree of resistance to the rotation of the mo head therein, thusretarding and twisting t e mop head m, when the latter is turned withinthe wringer by means of the mop handle m.

By providing for themanipulation'of the mop at an angle, in what may bedesignated as 1ts natural or normal position, the operation of wringingthe mop head may be performed'more quickly, conveniently and effectivelythan in the old form of inverted conical wringer.

. It is to be understood that the wringer W may be attached to or incororated with the drain receiving vessel or pai P, in any'manner which maybe found expedient,-the mouth of the wringer W being preferably parallelwith the top of the vessel P.

Triangularity of structure is the distinguishing feature of myinvention, and by it I attain new and beneficial results as comparedwith a wringer having a continuous, uniform circular concave drainingsurface, in that I opposed to the turning of the mop head within thewringer, so that the mop head does not slip smoothly as it would ever acontlnuous circular concave surface, but on the contrary is retarded andtwisted in such manner as to greatly facilitate and expedite theoperation of wringing themop head.

' What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis,

1. A mop wringer of the character designated, consisting of a receptaclewhich is triangular in horizontal cross section, two sides of which areformed with drain 0 )enings, and the other side of which is formed withinternal ribs, in combination with a drainage receiving vessel, for thepurpose described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a drainage receiving vesseland a mop wringer rigidly attached thereto, said mop wringer consistingof a receptacle, triangular in horizontal cross section, the three sidewalls of which are also triangular in shape and converge downward to acommon apex, said mop receptacle beingformed with drain openings for t epurpose described.

3. In combination with a drainage receiving vessel, a mop wringerconsisting of a receptacle, triangular in horizontal cross sec tion, thethree side walls of which are also triangular in shape and convergedownward to a common apex, the medial axis of said mop receptacle beinginclined with relation to the perpendicular axis of the draina ereceivin vessel, and said mop receptacle eing formed with drainopenings, for the purpose described.

4. In combination with a drainage receiving vessel, a mop wringerconsisting of a receptacle, triangular in horizontal cross section, thethree side walls of which are also triangular in shape and convergedownward to a common apex, the medial axis of said receptacle beinginclined with relation to the vertical axis of the drainage receivingvessel, the two lower side walls of said mop rece tacle being formedwith drain openings an the other side wall thereof bein formed withribs, for the purpose describe 5. As an improved article of manufacturea drainage receiving vessel and a mop wringer rigidly attached thereto,said mop wringer consisting of a receptacle triangular in horizontalcross section, the three side walls of which are also triangular inshape and converge downward to a common apex, the medial axis of saidmop receptacle being inclined with relation to the perpendicular axis ofthe drainage receiving vessel said mop receptacle being also formed withdrain openings, for the purpose described.

6. As an improved article of manufacture, a drainage receiving vesseland a mop wringer rigidly attached thereto, said mop wringer consistingof a receptacle triangularin horizontal cross section, the three sidewalls of which are also triangular in shape and converge downward to acommon a ex, the medial axis of said, mop receptac e being inclined withrelation to the perpendicular axis of the draina e receiving vessel, andthe two lower side wa ls of said mop receptacle being formed with drainopenings, for the purpose described.

- 7. As an improved article of manufacture, a drainage receiving vesseland a mop wringer rigidly attached thereto, said mop wringer consistingof a receptacle, triangular in horizontal cross section, the three sidewalls of which are also triangular in shape and converge downward to acommon a ex, the medial axis of said mop receptac e being inclined withrelation to the perpendicular axis of the drainage receiving vessel, thetwo lower side walls of said mop receptacle being formed with drainopenings, and the other or back side wall thereof being formed withinternal ribs, for the urpose described.

DA ID WHITEHURST. Witnesses:

D. W. GARDNER, Geo. WM. MIATT.

